Telegram-herald., 1887-07-25
GRAND RAPIDS MICH. MONDAY MORNING. July 25. Ies7

Afeeta ef E1tsgieg r. Ftaat4oa a. tae baek
- t4e,r bseN Il sst u ~ npaaie1lc wleh
az ne passiszl al,tfssses ss aeA a. tae splr-
lsa4l d-4tsesses u tae scs Il CaflsE ~
ealy frssesee tst he healed paralysis, ana
he bealssl esliepsY. snd be heelsd ths 6sssEl8
assl a. hilsso sad teR lepers.
That rsilxisas discourse u fke future win
b. en esefslay sersneu. going rlkisl down into
every nssa.'s iifs. aat Il niA teach hira hos -
F0ts. lrsE q bargain, how 70 p.ow. bow - 20
any work be Is caiEd %. how - aiesd trowel
sa6 prss asss pencil and yaFdstssk snd plane.
And Z ~ili igsaeh wonen how 10 pfesiae over
thsir koaseholsts. ani how 70 eh,eate thslr
children, and hos 70 Initiate Miriam aud
kstizer sae Nsshti aud Eanlce, TIE mother OF
Tlm0shy, and Mary, the nosher a Christ;
and th1ae ~outeli sh0, GA northern and SOUTH
era battle f~ils, were mistaken by the
wounded fer angels of mercy fresh from TIE
throne x God.
Nes. have u tell you the religions dis
course Of the future viii b. a reported SAP
mon. II you hAse any idea that printing
was lnFeated sunply 70 print secular books,
and stenogTaphy and photography were con-
trised merely % set forth secular Ideas, YOU
are mistaken. The printing press IS 20 be tho
great sgency OF Gospel proclamation Il IS
high tifus that good men, instead of denounc-
ing the press, enpl0y II % scatter forth the
Gospel OF Jesus CHRIST The vast majority ot
Ieople Ia our cities do not come 10 church,
and nothing bat the printed sermon can reach
them and call thsfu % pardon, and life, and
peace, and heaven
80 1 cannot understand the nervousness II
some of my brethren OF the ministry When
they see newspaper man coming in they
say: Alas, there j. a reporter" Every
aided reporter Is ten thou,and hfty thou
sand, hundrel thonSand immortal souls
added 20 the auditory The time will come
when all the sllaGs, town and city news
papers will reproduce the Gospel OF Jesus
Christ. and sermons preached ca rha Sabbath
will reverberate all around the world, aud,
some By type, and soO. by voice. all nations
will be eyangeized.
The practical hearing OF this Is upon those
who are engaged IN Christian work. not only
upon theological students and young minis
ters bat uuon all who preach th. Gospel aud
all who exhoft IN meetings. and that l. all of
You II you doing your duty DO you ex-
hort in prayer meeilng' BE short and bs
spirited. Do you teach in Bible clasSs
Though you have 10 study every night be in
tercsting Do you accost people on the sub
Ject of religion in their homes or IN public
places. Study adroirneSs and use common
sense. The most graceful and most beautiful
thing on earth j. the religion Of Jesus Christ,
and Il you awkwsrdly present it IL IL defanla-
tion. We must 90 our work rapidly, and wa
must do it effectively. Soon our time for
work will be gone.
4 dying Christian took out his watch and
gave it TO n friend and saii Take that
watch, | have no more use for il; time is
ended for me and eternity begins" Oh, my
friends, when our watch has ticked away fo,.
Us the last moment. and onr clock has strucl
for US the last hour, may il be found we did
our work well, that did IL in tie very
best way, and whether we preached the COS
pei in pulpits or taught Sabbath classes, or
administered 10 the sick as physicians, or
bargained merchants, or pleaded the
law n attorneys, or were busy as arti-
sans or husbandmen or as mechan-
les, or were like Martha, called 70 give a
meal to a hungry Christ: on. like Hannah, to
make cont for prophet; or, like Deborah,
to rouse the courage of some fimid Barak i'm
the Lords conflict: did our work in such
a way that it will stand the test Of the jndg.
ment- And in the long procession Of the re-
deemed that march around the throne, NAV
10 he found there are many there brought to
God through our inStrumentality, and In
whose rescue we are e,suiSant
But, Oh, you unsaved, wait not for tina. re-
ligious discourse nf the future 1t may come
after your obsequeS IL ntiy come after the
stouecutter has chi>eled our name on the slab,
fifty years before Do not wal. for great
steamer Of the Cunard or White Star line 10
take YOU off the wreck. but hail the first
craft with however low mast and however
small hulk and however poor a rudder.
and however weak "a captain. Better dis
abed schooner that comes up in time than
full rugged brig that comes up after you have
sunken.
Instead OF waiting for that religious dis
course OF the future-it may be forty, fifty
years off-take this plain invitation of a man
who. TO have given you spiritual eyesight,
would be glad 10 be called tho spiitle by tue
hand of Christ put on the eyes Of blind man.
ard who would consider the highest conpli-
ment OF this service II, at the close, 500 men
should start from these doors saving:
Whether he be sinner or no, | know not.
This one thing / know, whereas | was blind.
now | see
Swifter than shadows over the plain, quicker
than birds IN their autumnal flight, hnstier
than eagles TO their prey. bic you TO a syInpa-
thetic Christ. The orchestras of heaven have
already strung their instruments 10 celebrate
your rescue
And many were the voices around the throne:
Rejoice. for the Lord brings buck his own
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